What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[alexandre]

Mid-winter salt cleanup on the touring. Was well overdue.

[t.er]

I looked into Hagerty for an E30 I purchased last year that I wanted to treat as a daily driver while still being able to get what I paid for it in the event it's totaled (spoiler: lots more than book value). They wouldn't do what I wanted. I found a local insurance agent with Farmer's and she got me a policy with Safeco with an Agreed Value for the purchase price. The "Agreed Value" bit is key.

I don't believe you can get an agreed value policy from Hagerty (or maybe any of the collector insurers) for a daily-driven, non-garaged car with a driver under 21 years of age. I had Hagerty for years with my old stuff (no claims experience, thankfully!) but looked at Grundy & American Collectors Insurance. USAA works with American Collectors so that's where I went.

Yeah... my car used to be a daily, but I have access to company cars and mostly WFH. And then I got a motorcycle, and had the lighbulb thought of "hmmmmm..... can I use my motorcycle/company cars as the 'daily driver'?" Called Hagerty and asked - it sounds like an odd situation so I clarified with the agent multiple times, but he assured me that it was fine to use the motorcycle as the 'other vehicle'. In Hieu's case he also has the Tesla, so I don't see why Hagerty would reject him.

Mid-winter salt cleanup on the touring. Was well overdue.

So glad not to have to deal with that, I almost had to turn on the AC in my car last week

[Fenrir]

Welp, my new Rein expansion tank blew on I95. Pulled over pretty quick but she was in the red so... Gonna get a tow home and do a leakdown test after getting another tank it looks like.

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[sillieidiot]

I'd call them again - given the amount of mods your car has and how little you drive it, it's the perfect car for Hagerty

Yeah, beats me. I did call them, but they were like the system won't let them and just told me sorry

[fredo]

Welp, my new Rein expansion tank blew on I95. Pulled over pretty quick but she was in the red so... Gonna get a tow home and do a leakdown test after getting another tank it looks like.

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Bummer, hope there's no additional damage. Please keep us posted.

[Fenrir]

Bummer, hope there's no additional damage. Please keep us posted.

Will do, Fredo. And that makes two of us. Really hoping I got lucky here.

Honestly surprised me. Never had an issue with Rein units before. Perhaps this one was made on an odd day of the week or something.

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[Fenrir]

Welp, pulled the Rein tank today. Good news, it's fine and stands up to a pressure test. Bad news, the bottom hose has a hairline crack right at the connection. Better news, I have a full set of Gates hoses and have an extra of this one.

Now to button it up.

*Edit*: Filled and bled. Time to start it up. Fingers crossed and prayers made.

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[Fenrir]

Alright. Just got back from the test drive.

It passed a leakdown test and data logging showed no timing issues or temp fluctuation. And the only thing coming out of the pipes is the sweet smell of catless exhaust.

For now, thank God, I seem to have dodged a bullet.

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[YoitsTmac]

What’d you replace? The fuel tank?!

[Fenrir]

What’d you replace? The fuel tank?!

Expansion tank and one of the coolant lines.

The line that ran to the bottom of the block had a hairline crack at the tank connection. Led to the car dumping it's coolant on I95 the other day.

Decided to be safe and check everything after the new install. Wanted to make sure the head didn't have any issues.

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